Babel

Babel is a tower-building activity...

Description and background

Babel is a simple physics game based on building as tall a tower as possible in 60 seconds, and then bashing that tower apart as quickly as possible. It is based on the engine of the "phsics" activity.

The player is given a small selection of bricks for stacking.

Using the wrecking ball is optional, but fun.

The score is based on how high the tower was divided by how long it took to destroy.

Once the game is done, press Restart to try again.

The game was a result of the 2008 OLPC Physics Game Jam. Originally envisioned as a 2 player game, with slingshots to fling rocks at the other player's tower, the end result was simplified because of time, experience, and technical constraints.

Screenshots and design images

Martha worked on these as designs for a future edition!

intro storyboards 1-5 for a future Babel + Kings game

intro storyboards 6 & 7

intro storyboards 7-9

Development

Team

Kirk "kirkjerk" Israel Jon Beilin Bobby Powers Martha Wexler

Kirk "kirkjerk" Israel

Jon Beilin

Bobby Powers

Martha Wexler

Kirk "kirkjerk" Israel

Jon Beilin

Bobby Powers

Martha Wexler